Area:
Action and Perception, Ecological Psychology
We are testing a new system for linking grants to scientists.
The funding information displayed below comes from the
NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools and the
NSF Award Database.
The grant data on this page is limited to grants awarded in the United States and is thus partial. It can nonetheless be used to understand how funding patterns influence mentorship networks and vice-versa, which has deep implications on how research is done.
You can help! If you notice any innacuracies, please
sign in and mark grants as correct or incorrect matches.
Sign in to see low-probability grants and correct any errors in linkage between grants and researchers.
High-probability grants
According to our matching algorithm, Eric Amazeen is the likely recipient of the following grants.
| Years |
Recipients |
Code |
Title / Keywords |
Matching
score |
| 2005 — 2009 |
Amazeen, Eric |
N/AActivity Code Description:
No activity code was retrieved: click on the grant title for more information |
Acting On Perception: Weight Perception in Context @ Arizona State University
A person's ability to perceive the weight of an object is essential to many everyday activities. If something is lifted without taking its weight into account, there can be a serious risk of damage to the object, the lifter, or anything in their proximity. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics identifies overexertion injuries in manual handling tasks as one of the most common occupational injuries (26.5% of all nonfatal work injuries). In thinking about the importance of weight perception, it is useful to note that weight perception occurs both proactively and reactively. In other words, the perceived weight of an object will affect how it is handled, but it is equally true that the handling of an object will affect the perception of its weight. Current theories of weight perception do not adequately take into account its interactional basis.
With support from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Eric Amazeen will investigate the two-way nature of weight perception by studying how the act of lifting influences the perception of an object's weight. In his studies, participants will lift objects that vary in weight, size, and shape. The role of action will be evaluated by examining how weight perception varies as a function of the kinds of movements, grips, and load forces that are used in lifting various objects, in both individual and team lifting scenarios. Measures of weight perception will be analyzed using novel techniques that combine methods from both Psychology and Kinesiology. Both disciplines are highly relevant to weight perception, and their synergy promises to lead to signficant advances that would otherwise be difficult to achieve. These findings will advance theories of perception and action while at the same time providing information on how situations are identified in which dangerous illusions or errors of weight perception are likely to occur.
|
1 |